. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. Agriculhiral U-azette of \Feh o, 1908. to helieve tlu'V can no aii this specialist ])oultry t'iirniiuL' which has given till' industry a l)a(l name: ami the man who wishes to make a living from his fowls must have, as the owmr of this fai'iii had. other strings to his how, a few years experience soon showing whether any of them can be dispensed with, and if so the determinatioiK will likely he that the laixiur and care which hitherto luid been divided amongst the peaches, ]iotatoes
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. Agriculhiral U-azette of \Feh o, 1908. to helieve tlu'V can no aii this specialist ])oultry t'iirniiuL' which has given till' industry a l)a(l name: ami the man who wishes to make a living from his fowls must have, as the owmr of this fai'iii had. other strings to his how, a few years experience soon showing whether any of them can be dispensed with, and if so the determinatioiK will likely he that the laixiur and care which hitherto luid been divided amongst the peaches, ]iotatoes, 4ind pig« will (show a better return by a transference to Fig. 4.—Six hundred ducklings ! three to six weei s old. Chapter I. The Locality. Every Sydney or std)uiban resident has heard of The Spit, while thou- sands of them—cyclists, picnickers, and others—annually visit the i)lace, but possibly not 1 per cent, of those who cross on the junit are aware that the largest poultry farm in the Commonwealth i> situated within the proverl)ial stone's throw of the landing-place on the Maidy side, and just beyond and to the right of Seaforth. The slow walker can do the journey in fifteen minutes, while residents who know the short cuts calculate as ten minutes from wharf to farm, which is a corner block bounded by Tlie Si)it, Manly, and French's Forest Hoads. Cyclists, motorists, and other tourists who from Xorth Shores-wards to the villaiii' ascend the heights by the zig-zag Government road, iuit to reach the farm on foot one g'oes a few perches to the right and is brought to a well-made track throuLih the bush, which i)i'im:s him right to the public si-hool, it ami the 2 acres of ground being originally a ])ortion of the farm; proceeinng down thi' French's Forest Road j)ast the school, one conies to a large gate, which tells visitors they are at " Glenbrook. " This opens into a wide avenue, and leads to the stone homestead, one of the bungalow type, sul
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